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adopted during the first three or four days. 

 It must be, of course, followed methodically, 

 watching and obeying the signs of nature. 

 The purgatives must not be given on those 

 days when the sick animal is bled, and the 

 doses must vary with the eifects they pro- 

 duce. 



From the fourth to the seventh day the 

 symptoms change, diarrhoea shows itself, and 

 the running appears at the nose, mouth, and 

 eyes ; you must then continue the use of pur- 

 gatives, but the dose must be weaker. Those 

 mentioned above are suitable in every way. 

 The drinks, too, continue the same. Some- 

 times, at this period of the disease, the animal 

 is utterly cast down, nothing can draw him 

 from his stupor : he lies down the whole day ; 

 in this case you give him acetate of ammonia, 

 from 1 to 6 ounces, in a pint of water, gra- 

 dually increasing from 1 to 2 ounces a day, 

 according to the effect produced; and mean- 

 while, plain non-acidulated drinks should be 

 administered. 



At this stage of the disease it is right to 

 assist the depurative work of nature. This 

 is effected by inserting a seton in the neck, 



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